The committee overseeing World Heritage Sites yesterday cautioned that petroleum exploration in Virunga National Park could cause serious harm and should be halted. WWF, the Wildlife Conservation Society, Fauna & Flora

We urge Minister Gilmore,Minister Creighton and the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs not to seek a boycott of Israeli goods ,instead they should look to build bridges between various communities in the Middle East.

A huge proportion of Canada's bird species are in serious decline, threatened by disappearing habitat and climate change, the first comprehensive report on the health of the country's avian populations has found.

A 15-year-old boy has been hailed as a hero for rescuing a cat stuck up a tree - after firefighters said they would not 'put lives at risk'. 18-month-old cat Diesel had been trapped up the 60ft tall spruce tree in Foulden, Berwickshire for five days.

Loggers in the Russian Far East are facing off against conservationists over the fate of forests in wildlife reserves, with the Siberian tiger's natural habitat hanging in the balance. And for local indigenous peoples, it's not just an economic question.

Studies have shown a link between air pollution and asthma attacks, and living in a highly polluted area can contribute to your risk of developing asthma. Here are some places you should avoid if you have asthma or other respiratory illnesses, as they

Recycling plastic is a more complex process than first thought for a number of reasons. The first is because there are many different types of plastic, some of which can be recycled and some of which cannot. Also, many plastics have differing levels of